lucy made 1268 paper cranes. john made twice as many paper cranes as lucy. how many paper cranes must john give to lucy so that they would have the same number of paper cranes
To find out how many paper cranes John needs to give to Lucy, we need to determine the number of paper cranes John has currently.
Since Lucy made 1268 paper cranes, John made twice as many paper cranes as Lucy, which means John made 2 * 1268 = 2536 paper cranes.
To have an equal number of paper cranes, Lucy and John must each have half of the total number of paper cranes.
To find the number of paper cranes they need to have each, we divide the total number of paper cranes by 2:
2536 / 2 = 1268.
Thus, both Lucy and John need to have 1268 paper cranes each.
Since John has 2536 paper cranes, and he needs 1268 paper cranes, he needs to give away 2536 - 1268 = 1268 paper cranes to Lucy.
Therefore, John needs to give Lucy 1268 paper cranes in order for them to have the same number of paper cranes.
"Twice as many" means John made 1268 more.
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